Author: Fr. Peter

Fr. John has chosen the topic of monastics for the 28th day of our 40 day blogging exercise.  I have written about monastics before on this blog, just do a quic...

On my Facebook page the other day, I wrote about the beauty of the Orthodox Vespers service.  If my opinion matters, I do believe that the Vespers is the most b...

I find it interesting that the topic up for discussion today on the Pastoral Blogging exercise is the Snowflake, because as I sit here and write this it is snow...

Some of my favorite childhood memories revolve around the Christmas tree.  On Christmas morning my brothers and I would wake up be we could not come out into th...

There is the old axiom “It is better to give then to receive” but I prefer to receive gifts than to give them, not because I am cheap but because I hate shoppin...

“Let my prayer rise like incense, the lifting up of my hands as an evening sacrifice.” Psalm 140:2 These words from Psalm 140 are used during the celebration of...

One of the things I like best about the Christmas season is the music.  Not the modern junk that is out there, although I do like some of the Celtic Christmas m...